74 MONOGRAPH I A 



1*2. DOCOPHORUS LEONTODON. (Louse of the Starling.) 



Plate V. Fig. 3. 



Head and thorax bright chestnut, the former very much 

 produced anteriorly ; abdominal fasciae elongate and acute, 

 with numerous pale hairs. 



Docophorus Leontodon. Nitzsch. Germ. Mag. iii. p. 290. Steph. Cat. pt. 

 ii. p. 331. Burmeister Handbuch ii. pt. ii. p. 425. spe. 12. Pediculus 

 Sturni. Schrank Beitr. pi. 5. fig. 1 1. Stew. ii. p. 300. sp. 48. 



Head elongate, triangular ; clypeus very much produced, 

 concave at the extremity with a large oblong depression, 

 two narrow diagonal dark chestnut bands, extending from 

 the antennse to the occiput, basal margin rotundate ; tra- 

 beculae prominent and acute ; antennae pale yellow, rather 

 thick ; eyes small ; prothorax transverse channelled ; meta- 

 thorax not so wide as the head, posterior margin deep 

 chestnut and acuminate ; abdomen broad, obtusely ovate, 

 ashy white, the first segment entirely chestnut and acutely 

 angular in the centre, the six following with an elongate, 

 acute, lateral chestnut fascia on each side, eighth entirely 

 chestnut, ninth small, with a spot on each side, the whole 

 fringed with a number of yellowish hairs ; legs pale chest- 

 nut, rather thick and strong ; anterior femora sub-angular, 

 Length }. 



Common upon the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). 



13. DOCOPHORUS OSTRALEGI. Denny. (Louse of the 

 Oyster-catcher. ) 



Plate V. Fig. 4. 



Chestnut, shining, with yellow hairs ; prothorax conical ; 

 abdominal fasciae tongue-shaped and acute ; trabeculae 

 curved and acute. 



